Look: LAWYERS URGED HONTIVEROS TO RETURN P1.7B ILLEGAL BONUSES OF PHILHEALTH DURING HER TERM

Senator Risa Hontiveros has had some inconvenience in her past political execution when she sat as board individual from Philhealth in 2013.

The National Association of Lawyers for Justice and Peace (NALJP) tested Hontiveros in April 2016 to start the arrival of Php1.761 billion unapproved rewards given to officers and representatives of Philhealth in 2013 when she was as yet a board part.

NALJP establishing director Jesus Santos focused on that Philhealth fund are possessed by the general population, and not by the couple of authorities in high positions.

He even elaborated that the Php 1.761 billion is a huge amount enough to cover medicines, medical needs, and medical services of several Philhealth beneficiaries.

“Since PhilHealth funds are the people’s money, Ms. Hontiveros should show us that we can trust her with our welfare by leading efforts to get back the illegal bonuses. If she will not do anything about it, there’s no reason to be confident that she will indeed serve the people should she win,” Santos said.

Hontiveros was still only a senatorial candidate that time when NALJP complained about the bonuses and Santos opined that her credibility as a public servant would only be established if she returned the illegal bonuses that were incurred during her term as Philheath board member.

Even when Philhealth argued that the bonuses it gave to its employees were covered by board resolutions, Commission on Audit (COA) stated that the Office of the President did not receive those resolutions, thus were not approved, which illegalizes the transaction under Section 6 of the Presidential Decree 1597.

Santos brought up that Hontiveros knows about this Presidential Decree, but did not seek after any illegal activity with respect to the payment of rewards.

"It has never been accounted for that she [Hontiveros] has applied any exertion for the arrival of the illegal bonuses. No one knows whether she had even restricted the unapproved bonus, or had recently just obliged the individuals who permitted it," Santos underlined.

As a component of the load up that time, Santos underlined that Hontiveros had a considerable measure of explaining to do.

Like Our Facebook Page

Look: LAWYERS URGED HONTIVEROS TO RETURN P1.7B ILLEGAL BONUSES OF PHILHEALTH DURING HER TERM
Reviewed by Amyezra
on
6:10 PM
Rating: 5